The Indians acquired Asencio from the Braves for cash at the end of March. The out of options reliever posted a 5.96 ERA with 7.4 K/9 and 2.8 BB/9 in 25 2/3 innings for the Indians this year. He led the International League in saves in 2009 and 2011 and posted a 1.81 ERA with 11.5 K/9 and 3.6 BB/9 in 54 2/3 innings at Triple-A last year.

I was just thinking the same thing. His FIP was less awful than his ERA and with the stuff he has and his minor league record, his K/9 could easily improve.

That’s the glass-is-half-full outlook, of course. But when you’re early in a rebuilding process, you have the worst record in the game, you’re riding a 12 game losing streak, and your “closer” is a godawful right-handed soft-tosser with control issues, you may as well roll the dice on someone like this.

Admittedly, he’s the same kind of not-really-a-prospect-even-though-he -closed-in-AAA guy as Dolis. But he has better stuff, at least.